Victor Borge
Birthday:
3 January 1909, Copenhagen, Denmark
Birth Name:
Børge Rosenbaum
Pianist, composer, songwriter, entertainer and actor, educated at Borgerdydskolen and the Conservatory of Copenhagen. He studied with Egon Petri and Frederic Lammond. His concert career began in 1922, and he performed in a musical revue in 1934, and in films by 1937. Arriving in the US in 1940, he made his American radio debut on the Bing Crosby sh...
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Pianist, composer, songwriter, entertainer and actor, educated at Borgerdydskolen and the Conservatory of Copenhagen. He studied with Egon Petri and Frederic Lammond. His concert career began in 1922, and he performed in a musical revue in 1934, and in films by 1937. Arriving in the US in 1940, he made his American radio debut on the Bing Crosby show. He was featured in his own one-man show "Comedy in Music", plus concert appearances throughout the USA and Europe. Joining ASCAP in 1961, he composed "Blue Serenade". Show less «
A woman complimenting me on my act one night told me she hadn't laughed so much since her husband died.
A woman complimenting me on my act one night told me she hadn't laughed so much since her husband died.
And I wish to remind you that the smile is the shortest distance between people, and the more we smile, the less we fight. Because to my kno...Show more »
And I wish to remind you that the smile is the shortest distance between people, and the more we smile, the less we fight. Because to my knowledge, no one ever fought smilingly...and won. So not goodbye, then. Never goodbye. Just...so long. Show less «
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
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